Pretty 15-year-old Joname Menor was stabbed 17 times by suspected drug addicts at about 7:30 p.m. of Holy Thursday.
Menor, a promising high school student here, was already lifeless even before her blood-drenched body arrived at the Medical Mission Group Hospital here.
Chief Inspector James Afalla, this town’s police chief, said tragedy befell Joname when, after reportedly taking her supper, she was asked to buy something from a nearby sari-sari store.
Afalla said Joname was probably blocked on her way home and then stabbed mercilessly.
The killers could be high on drugs because of the gruesome manner the high school coed was slain, the police official said.